I'm going to have my roof replaced soon along with some other work and I'm thinking of installing one of these to keep the garage and attic cooler.
Premise is it sucks hot air out of the garage and fresh air in through vents installed in the garage door and forces the hot air in the attic out of the ridge, soffit, etc vents. Benefit is supposed to be the attic is cooler which helps keep the garage cool and sucks hot air out of the garage and sucks in cooler outside air, and provides ventilation and moving air. Supposedly costs < $20 a year to operate and cools the garage by 20 degrees, and attic by 30 or 40 degrees.
The house/garage is 10 years old. Both have plastered drywall finished walls with insulation in the walls and ceiling. When it's below freezing outside it's comfortable for a short time in the garage with light jacket or sweater in the winter time .. so winter is not really a problem. However it faces West and is hot as hell in the summer time even when we keep the door down in the afternoon when the sun is blazing straight at it and I don't pull the cars in after driving them home after work etc. The garage is attached to the house and has a full ridge vent and metal ventilated soffit vents and a decorative but functional vent on the top front face that's about 1 1/2 ft in diameter. It also has an insulated garage door. I'm not trying to get it down to 70 but i'd like to have it at around 85 or below with some air movement when it's 95+ outside. At present it's at least as not in the garage as it is outside if not hotter.
I'm hoping someone has done this or knows something about if it will work or not.
Thoughts? Opinions?
http://www.coolmygarage.com/shop/gf-14-garage-ventilation-fan-attic-cooler/#!prettyPhoto
VIDEO HERE .. forward to 2:40 minutes .. the other thing may be worthwhile too or just snake oil :shruggy:
[video=youtube_share;SzOmlw3LD8Y]http://youtu.be/SzOmlw3LD8Y?t=2m28s[/video]
Premise is it sucks hot air out of the garage and fresh air in through vents installed in the garage door and forces the hot air in the attic out of the ridge, soffit, etc vents. Benefit is supposed to be the attic is cooler which helps keep the garage cool and sucks hot air out of the garage and sucks in cooler outside air, and provides ventilation and moving air. Supposedly costs < $20 a year to operate and cools the garage by 20 degrees, and attic by 30 or 40 degrees.
The house/garage is 10 years old. Both have plastered drywall finished walls with insulation in the walls and ceiling. When it's below freezing outside it's comfortable for a short time in the garage with light jacket or sweater in the winter time .. so winter is not really a problem. However it faces West and is hot as hell in the summer time even when we keep the door down in the afternoon when the sun is blazing straight at it and I don't pull the cars in after driving them home after work etc. The garage is attached to the house and has a full ridge vent and metal ventilated soffit vents and a decorative but functional vent on the top front face that's about 1 1/2 ft in diameter. It also has an insulated garage door. I'm not trying to get it down to 70 but i'd like to have it at around 85 or below with some air movement when it's 95+ outside. At present it's at least as not in the garage as it is outside if not hotter.
I'm hoping someone has done this or knows something about if it will work or not.
Thoughts? Opinions?
http://www.coolmygarage.com/shop/gf-14-garage-ventilation-fan-attic-cooler/#!prettyPhoto
VIDEO HERE .. forward to 2:40 minutes .. the other thing may be worthwhile too or just snake oil :shruggy:
[video=youtube_share;SzOmlw3LD8Y]http://youtu.be/SzOmlw3LD8Y?t=2m28s[/video]
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